All of them are written by expert health professionals that have something valuable to share and will help you find the best nutritional products to look for. From healthy eating tips to rethinking nutrition, here are the nine best books on nutrition and health you should read.

1. What to Eat – Marion Nestle

Since the first release in 2006, Marion Nestlé’s What to Eat is still a go-to guide to helping readers make healthy and informed decisions. According to The New York Times Book Review, the book is a comprehensive resource that’s filled with useful information and advice from an expert nutritionist. Nestle takes us through each section in the market – from dairy, meat, produce, fish and more. The book explains the complicated nutrition labels and how to debunk misleading health claims.

2. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration – Weston Price

Read about the major study of whole food nutrition and degeneration that comes from processed foods. Weston Price and his wife spent ten years traveling all over the world in search of the secret to great health. It was then when he found that the most indigenous people had the best overall health with minimal tooth decay and high immunity. Dr. Price documented his studies including photos about his travel and findings.

Dr. Walter Willet wrote the best-selling guide to healthy eating, radical benefits of low-carb diets and debunking the many dietary myths many of us believe today. Eat Drink, and Be Healthy is filled with hard-proven evidence and document research. Willet exposes the biggest problems of diets, including the Atkins, South Beach and the Zone diet. He offers intensive study and advice about the ratio our body needs from fats, carbs, proteins and various food groups.

4. Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition – Colin Campbell

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition is an eye-opening journey that gives readers a new vision of nutrition. Colin Campbell revolutionized the way we think about our food as a whole, plant-based diet is the best way to eat. In this book, he explains the science behind it.

5. Staying Health with the Seasons – Elson Haas M.D.

Did you know that nature’s cycles not only affect the external climate but our body’s health and mental well-being as well? Dr. Elson Haas logical reasoning of achieving a healthy glow and bringing the body and mind into balance. The book is about following a diet that goes with the season and chemical-free foods. By combining Eastern and Western medicine with herbology, seasonal nutrition, and exercise practices, you will learn the keys to staying healthy all year long.

Written by food writer neuroscientist and creator of SummerTomato.com, Darya Pino Rose gives us a practical guide to ending the endless diet cycle and discovering the way to lose weight with lasting results. Foodist provides us with a different way of how we look at food and how to make better decisions with a clear understanding. The book is filled with tips on how to shop for food, prep cooking and how to choose the right restaurants and menu choices.

Written by endocrinologist Dr. David Ludwig, the #1 New York Times Bestseller explains why traditional diets don’t work and provides us when a brand new plan on how to lose weight without hunger. For nearly 20 years Dr. Ludwig and spent his time researching weight control as his studies show that it’s not overeating that makes you fat but rather the process of gaining fat that makes you want to eat more. It is the hungry fat that sets off the chain reaction that leaves with your hunger and a slow metabolism.

Written by psychiatrists and author of Fifty Shades of Kale, Eat Complete offers a collection of more than 100 delicious recipes that will help you get the core nutrients your body and brain needs to stay healthy.

9. The Tao of Nutrition – Maoshing Ni

Based on the principles of Chinese nutrition, The Tao of Nutrition includes therapeutic properties of methods, foods preparation, season, body types and even location.

Be sure to check out these books next time you’re on the lookout for a healthy book. Are there any books on nutrition and health you can recommend? Comment below and let us know!